Social Media Character Counter | Howsociable

Count characters for posts across all major social platforms

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About this generator

The Social Media Character Counter helps you ensure your posts fit within the character limits of every major social platform.

See real-time character counts, word counts, and platform-specific limits as you type. Never get truncated again.

Pro tips

Twitter: 280 characters. Tweets under 100 characters get 17% more engagement
Instagram: 2,200 characters for captions, but first 125 show before 'More'
LinkedIn: 3,000 characters for posts, 120 for headlines
YouTube: 100 characters for titles, 5,000 for descriptions
Shorter posts tend to perform better across all platforms

Frequently Asked Questions

Twitter/X: 280, Instagram caption: 2,200, Facebook post: 63,206, LinkedIn post: 3,000, YouTube title: 100, YouTube description: 5,000, TikTok caption: 2,200, Pinterest description: 500.

On most platforms, emojis count as 2 characters. On Twitter, most emojis count as 2 characters. Our counter accounts for this difference automatically.

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